This edited collection examines the gig economy in the age of convergence from a critical
political economic perspective. Contributions explore how media, technology, and labor are …

The “gig economy” has become a popular term, often involving a debate about how
technology is changing labor and what work is like today. This chapter takes a broader view …

This article analyses the representation of the gig economy in three Australian newspapers
from 2014 to 2019.'Gig work'is defined as short term, contract or freelance employment and …

This timely book addresses the key debates and challenges surrounding the future of work,
covering the macro, meso and micro levels of gig work. It provides a consideration of the …

In the wake of the Great Recession, labor scholars have explored the series of dramatic,
digital transformations of work, employment, and labor relations that has accompanied the …

The central concern of this chapter is to link findings on the gendered conditions of gig
workers in India with the nature of the platform economy and the techno-nationalist struggles …

While the working lives of tech entrepreneurs and delivery platform workers seem far
removed, both are engaged in digital labor. What unites their experience and allows us to …

With developments in media technologies creating new opportunities and challenges for
social movements to emerge and mobilize, this book is a timely and necessary examination …

There has been a flourishing of new businesses in the past decade offering services through
digital platforms that dispatch service providers to perform discrete tasks for end-users. This …

The gig economy has captured public and policy interest and is growing as an area of
academic inquiry, prompting debate about the future of work, labour regulation, and the …